| Boxer's Road | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer(s) | New Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | New Corporation |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Fighting, Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Boxer's Road [lower-alpha 1] is a 1995 video game developed and published by New Corp for the PlayStation. It is a boxing simulation sports game. It was followed up by the sequel Boxer's Road 2: The Real.
Boxer's Road is a game which simulates an entire boxing career. [2] It is a fully 3D polygonal game. [3]
It was released in Japan on September 8, 1995. [4] The game sold 400,000 copies. [3] On August 9, 1996, it was re-released under the "Playstation the Best" line. [4] It was released on the PlayStation Network in Japan on July 26, 2007. [5] It was re-released again for mobile phones in 2007 under the title "Boxer's Road the MOBILE" for 315 yen. [6]
It was followed up by Boxer's Road 2 , released for the PSP in 2005. [7]
Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "The matches are something of a letdown, being realistic to a fault, slow, and with sluggish control. The title shows an interesting effort, and with some tweaking it would make a fine US import. Until then, unless you can read a good deal of Japanese, you're out of luck." [2]
Famitsu gave it a score of 35 out of 40. [4] Ultima Generacion gave the game a score of 60 out of 100. [8] German magazine Mega Fun gave it a score of 86%. [9]
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